Sink-brush.



Patented Oct. 1, IBM.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES ARTHUR FOGARTY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

SINK-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Iatent No. 683,743, dated October 1, 1901.

Application filed January 8, 1901. Serial No. 42,489. (No model.)

invented certain new and useful Improve.

ments in Sink-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sink-brushes; and it has for its object to provide an improved brush of this class which shall be simple and relatively cheap in manufacture, which shall efiectively prevent the loss of the bristles in use, and which shall be superior in point of general durability and efficiency.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a completed brush constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the improved brush before application of the sealing-jacket. Fig. 3 is a side view of the frame of the improved brush. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View taken upon the line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken upon the line 5 5, Fig. 2.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates my improved brush, which is provided with a frame 2, embodying a handle portion 3 and a bristle-anchor portion 4. The bristles 5 are connected with the bristle-anchor portion 4 and together with the bristle-anchor portion are sealed in their final association by a jacket 5. In the preferred form of construction the frame 2 is of integral formation and consists of a single length of spring-wire 6, which is bowed centrally, as at 7 and extended at both sides of said centrally-bowed portion, as at 7, to form the handle 3. At predetermined points the wire 6 is formed into outwardly-projecting loops 7, which constitute means for locking the sealing-jacket in operative position. The Wire 6 is thence divergently extended, as at 8, and the end portions thereof are bent at acute angles, as at 9, and extended in overlapping parallel relation, as at 10, to form, in connection with the parts 8, the bristle-anchor 4.

In connecting the bristles 5 with the bristle-anchor 4 the separate strands or lengths 11 of the bristles are doubled about the portions 10 of the bristle-anchor. The sealingjacket 5, which is of flattened oval transverse formation, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and of truncated conical formation and open at top and bottom, is then passed over the handle 3 and down about the bristle-anchor 4. This operation is permitted by the yielding nature of the wire frame 3, which permits the sealingjaeket to pass beneath the locking means 7", which latter, after the upper or smaller end of the sealing-jacket has passed beneath the same, are forced laterally'by the spring quality of the frame 2 and effectively prevent the sealing-jacket from moving upwardly upon the frame. The sealing-jacket in this position entirely incloses the bristle-anchor 4, and incloses at its lower end, as at 12, the upper portion of the bristles. To close the lower end of the sealing-jacket about the upper portion of the bristles and prevent the disengagement of the bristles from the bristle-anchor, as well as to positively prevent relative movement of the frame 2 and the sealingjaeket 5, suitable means 13 are provided at the lower end portion 12 of the sealing-jacket, and these means 13 consist of a rivet or pin l4,whieh is passed through the lower end portion 12 of the sealing-jacket and through the bristles beneath the parts 10 of the bristleanchor. The upper end portion of the sealing-jacket 5 is compressed or transversely flattened, as at 15, beneath the locking means '7 'to f u rther prevent longitudinal relative movement of the frame 2 and the sealing-jacket 5.

The operation and advantages of my improved sink-brush will be readily understood.

The frame 2 in itspreferred integral wire construction, as illustrated, is extremely light and may be readily manufactured at a relatively small cost. By connecting the bristles directly with the handle portion of the brush through the medium of the bristle-anchor, which is integral with the handle portion, a brushconstruction conducive of durability is obtained. The sealing-jacket 5 further reinforces the bristle-anchor4 and prevents bending of the frame between the handle and the bristles. The sealing-jacket is effectively maintained in operative position by the looking means 7 and 13 and by the transverse compression at 15.

By doubling the bristles about the bristleanchor, as above described, I obtain a firm secure anchoring of the bristles and secure a more permanent connection of the same with the handle.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the details of construction and arrangement as herein described. and illustrated, as it is manifest that variations and modifications may be made in the features of construction and arrangement in the adaptation of the device to various conditions of use without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve the right to all such variation and modification as properly fall within the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a brush of the class described, a handle portion, a bristleanchor with which the bristles are directly connected, a sealingjacket for the bristle-anchor and the portions of the bristles which are directly connected with the same, and spring-actuated locking means for maintaining the sealing-jacket in operative position.

2. A brush of the class described, comprising an integral frame of wire formation embodying a handle portion and a bristle-anchor with which the bristles are directly con- 1 is formed being bowed centrally and thence extended to form the handle portion, the wire being outwardly bowed at opposite points at the lower end of the handle portion, thence extended downwardly and divergently, and the end portions of the wire being bent inwardly into parallel overlapping relation whereby a bristle-anchor formation is com pleted.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES ARTHUR FOGARTY.

Witnesses:

J. R. LITTELL, PHILIP J. FOGARTY. 

